Metsuqah מְצוּקָה
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| מְצוּקָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | metsuqah |
| Strong's number | H4691 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | distress |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (5) |
Metsuqah (Hebrew מְצוּקָה, Strong's H4691) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “distress”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
straitness, distress, straits, stress
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | distresses (5), anguish (1), distress (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | their distress (4), anguish (1), my distress (1), distress (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Metsuqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
Psalms
- Psalm 25:17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
- Psalm 107:6Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:13Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:19Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalm 107:28Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).